Love Knows No Bounds

Chapter 480

"Nelson Woods isn't good enough for her," Toddy replied without hesitation.

Dylan glared at Toddy. "Why wouldn't my brother-in-law be good enough for Miss Finley? Tell me how exactly he does not measure up."

Toddy was caught off guard. Oh, shoot. I forgot that Nelson's his brother-in-law!

"You haven't answered me yet." Dylan pressed. "I'm only taking the time to care about your private life because you've been working with me for so long. If this were anyone else, I couldn't care less if they spent their entire lives alone."

Toddy remained silent for some time before answering, "Don't reassign Miss Finley for now. I'll give it a try when she comes back."

"I'll give you three months. If the two of you haven't made any progress by then, I'll assign Miss Finley to work for Kendall instead. If Miss Finley does marry my brother-in-law someday, you're not to try and get involved with her ever again, not even if you end up dying of regret."

Toddy responded in an equally serious manner, "If the two of us aren't meant to be, I will certainly not disrupt her life in any way."

He had felt restless and uneasy when Emma stopped hovering around him all the time.

His mood soured further when someone started sending her flowers daily. He kept trying to pick on her because he was disgruntled that she received bouquets of roses from another person.

"I don't need you right now. You can get back to work."

Dylan passed the signed document back to Toddy.

Toddy observed Dylan's face.

The ice pack had done an excellent job.

The swelling had gone down.

"It's a pity I didn't take a photo of you in your most miserable state."

Dylan's eyes flickered over sharply as he sneered, "The time will come when you'll be in a miserable state, too."

Toddy chuckled.

He took the document and stood up. "I'll get back to work. Let's have lunch together."

"I'll lose my appetite if I have to stare at your face while eating."

Toddy was speechless. "Your wife's not home yet anyway."

"Even though my wife's not home, I'd rather eat alone than eat with you. You've got a lot on your mind right now. I'd get indigestion just looking at you."

"What do you mean? I've got nothing on my mind."

"There's no point trying to reason with someone who's lying to themselves."

Toddy had nothing to say to that. He paused for a moment before remarking, "Mr. Coleman, I've just realized that you've got quite the gift of the gab."

"You know nothing about me, but I only need Kendall to know me well," Dylan retorted. Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

Whatever. There's no point in striking up a conversation with a devout husband whose world revolves around his wife. That's just asking for aggravation.

Toddy walked off.

He ran into his secretary at the door, and she passed him the food she had bought.

Toddy handed it over to Ronnie, who was also standing at the door. "Ronnie, this is your Young Master Dylan's breakfast. Take it in for him."

Ronnie took the food and brought it into Dylan's office.

…

Kelly walked into Urban Break with her newest Hermès bag that Brian had given her just this morning.

"Over here, Kelly."

Rosemi immediately got up and started waving once she spotted Kelly.

Kelly came toward her.

Rosemi was visibly worn out. She had gotten into several fights with her husband over Jackson and Krystal's matters.

Tom was trying his best to save Whittle Holdings, but even though he went around pleading with everyone he could think of, it didn't work at all.

The business circle in Orapolis didn't have any dummies in its ranks.

They knew very well that this was the end of Whittle Holdings.

After all, Tom had the great fortune of raising a son who offended both Dylan Coleman and Frank Mendelson, two of the hardest people to deal with and overprotective to a fault when it came to people they cared about as well.

Zorn Holdings, which had been helping Whittle Holdings out all this while, had finally halted their business deal with Whittle Holdings and extracted themselves from the situation. This was a clear sign of Whittle Holdings' impending demise.

Who would still be willing to help Whittle Holdings now?

No matter how much Tom refused to accept this, he could only swallow his anger and resentment. He even had to bear the brunt of all of the extended Whittle Family's criticisms for not raising his son properly, for allowing Jackson to cause so much trouble, and for endangering Whittle Holdings as well.

Tom's head was already spinning from all the things he had to deal with, yet Rosemi kept badgering him to save Jackson.

He was so frustrated that he didn't even feel like going home anymore.

Apart from pestering Tom about it, Rosemi also went around begging for people to save Jackson. However, all the other wealthy ladies that she hung out with regularly had long since stopped taking her calls the moment Jackson was apprehended.

When one was in a desperate situation, it was easy to tell who one's true friends were.

"Mrs. Whittle."

Kelly placed her bag down and greeted Rosemi before taking a seat.

Rosemi forced a weak smile in response. "Kelly, since you're pregnant, you shouldn't drink anything with caffeine. Shall I get you a glass of juice, or would you prefer some water?"

"Just a glass of warm water will do."

Kelly's expression stiffened slightly at the mention of her pregnancy, but it soon returned to normal.

She and Brian couldn't stop themselves from giving in to their lust. Both had assumed that she would end up getting a miscarriage from their relentless bouts of passion, but who knew that the baby would be perfectly fine after all that? Nothing happened at all.

Do I really have to go to the hospital and get an abortion?

Kelly was conflicted about it.

At times, she wanted to just get rid of the baby.

Other times, she felt reluctant to go through with an abortion.

Fortunately, Brian no longer said anything about wanting her to get an abortion.

"Do you still get morning sickness now?" Rosemi asked in concern.

Jackson and Krystal were both in custody right now. Even if Rosemi managed to find someone to help the family, the best outcome was Jackson receiving a lighter sentence. There was no way to drop the charges against him.

Who knew how many years it would take before he could be released from prison?

Krystal wasn't pregnant either, so Rosemi hoped that Kelly would give birth to Jackson's child.

It might end up being his only child.

"I still feel nauseated sometimes."

Kelly had a serious bout of morning sickness when she first found out she was pregnant, but it stopped now.

Her appetite improved as well, and she kept getting cravings, but she tried her best not to cave as she didn't want to put on too much weight.

"Oh, good. That's good," Rosemi said.

"Mrs. Whittle, did you invite me out today because of Jackson? Although Jackson and I did have feelings for one another, Jackson did what you guys wanted him to do. He chose Krystal, and when that video went viral, he pushed all of the blame onto me. Even now, I still get people sending me texts and calling me up to insult me. They say I'm a b*tch who came between someone else's marriage and that I'm a home-wrecker."

Kelly was telling the truth.

If it hadn't been for Brian's help, she would be under even more attacks online.

When the scandal came out, Jackson pushed all of the blame onto her. Brian was the only one who didn't care about her past and continued to treat her well.

Kelly realized how blind she'd been all this while. Why did I fall in love with a b*stard like Jackson? Even Kendall knew to walk away and distance herself from him, whereas I…

"The one that Jackson hurt was my very own brother. My brother wanted to confront Jackson because he was trying to stand up for me, but because of that, he was beaten up by Jackson instead. Mrs. Whittle, if you wanted to see me because of Jackson, then I'm sorry. I can't help you. I can't convince my brother to forgive him and get the charges dropped."

Kelly had already chosen Brian and had been planning to toss Jackson aside. Now that Jackson had

committed a crime, she was more than happy to see him imprisoned. Why would she be willing to help him?

Right now, she couldn't be happier if Jackson spent his entire life rotting away in prison.